Federal Law Enforcement and Immigration

The FBI says agents in Waterbury, Connecticut, arrested Salvadoran national Danny Antonio Granados-Garcia on Tuesday, identifying him as a suspected MS-13 member wanted in El Salvador on an aggravated homicide warrant for the alleged murder of a pastor who was related to a Salvadoran police officer. FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrest on X, and the FBI’s New Haven field office said Granados-Garcia had been flagged as a fugitive through coordination with the FBI Legal Attaché in San Salvador and an Interpol Blue Notice. After his arrest, he was transferred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody to facilitate his return to El Salvador to face charges there. FBI officials framed the operation as part of a broader effort to track and remove MS-13 members who enter U.S. communities, emphasizing the gang’s reputation for brutality and intimidation. The case feeds into ongoing political and public-safety debates in the U.S. about how effectively federal authorities detect and expel foreign gang members wanted for serious crimes abroad.